Free teacher web sites for R.E. topic ‘Christianity - Easter’

A lovely collection of printable resources as well as a simplified Easter story which requires Powerpoint.

External link: Collection of activities and stories for KS1

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Great for infants. Super images from Teaching and Learning resources.

External link: Colouring pictures for Easter

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Let's see if they have been listening. A fun way to see if they have remembered all about Easter. For KS2. Please ensure you have installed the free plugin - java from sun systems before you use this site, otherwise it will appear not to work correctly. Java

External link: Easter crossword

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This is a truly wonderful activity for all ages. Ideal for ks1. Please note that this is a temporary site to replace the original egg paint which is currently offline. We'll add the original site back to Topicbox as soon as it's online!

External link: Easter egg paint

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This is a wonderful site that supports the telling of the Easter story, sequencing the Easter story and thinking about what Easter means to Christians today. This really is a top notch resource for Ks1, but we'd probably use and adapt for Ks2 too.

External link: Easter story and activities

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This is a great story, suitable for KS2. From Topmarks.

External link: Easter story for KS2 pupils

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A in-depth look at the Easter story, also includes some Easter colouring for Ks1. Other areas include Lent Shrove Tuesday Pancake Day Ash Wednesday Holy Week Palm Sunday Maundy Thursday Good Friday Easter Eve Holy Saturday Easter Sunday Easter Monday Passion Plays

External link: Easter story for older Ks2

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Suitable themes for Ks1 and Ks2. Include hope, friendship (the last supper), despair, humiliation, injustice, duty and courage - all linked to the Easter story through beautiful works of art. Well presented and possibly a page to use each day as part of Easter assemblies during Holy week. There are verses linked to each and something to think about with your class. This will save someone's Sunday afternoon!

External link: Easter themes

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Match up words on cards. We would discuss each event after it's been matched up. A great Easter activity.

External link: Holy week match up game

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This game encourages children to match the name of the event with a simple explanation. Most suitable for KS2.

External link: Holy week match up game - words and sentences

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A wonderful story, very clear and bright images made of Lego, would you believe. Telling the story of Jesus appears to seven followers - story (John) Please ensure supervision of children using this site. Some Bible stories that we HAVE NOT linked to may be unsuitable for some youngsters.

External link: Jesus appears to seven followers - story

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A wonderful story, very clear and bright images made of Lego, would you believe. Telling the story of the arrest of Jesus. Please ensure supervision of children using this site. Some Bible stories that we HAVE NOT linked to may be unsuitable for some youngsters.

External link: Jesus is arrested - story

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Scripture readings, dates and a brief description of what Lent is. This is a great website with support information for teachers.

External link: Lent

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Find out all about the unusual race - where the tossing of a pancake is obligatory. A fun website to share at the end of a hectic day.

External link: Pancake race

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What a wonderful site - explaining why we make pancakes on Shrove Tuesday and a simple introduction to Lent.

External link: Shrove Tuesday

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Stations of the cross - these images and simple statements will support work on this area in preparation for Easter. Although the images are colourless, we really like the quality of the relief and texture used.

External link: Stations of the cross

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Ideally suited to children - there are prayers and thoughts to consider. Will support work on Easter or an assembly on this theme.

External link: Stations of the cross for children

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A story, very clear and bright images made of Lego, would you believe. Telling the story of The Crucifixion. Please check through this as some children may be sensitive to these images - we would choose to only use some of these images in lesson preparation. Please ensure supervision of children using this site. Some Bible stories that we HAVE NOT linked to may be unsuitable for some youngsters.

External link: The Crucifixion

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A wonderful story, very clear and bright images made of Lego, would you believe. Telling the story of The empty tomb on Easter Sunday. Please ensure supervision of children using this site. Some Bible stories that we HAVE NOT linked to may be unsuitable for some youngsters.

External link: The empty tomb

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A wonderful story, very clear and bright images made of Lego, would you believe. Telling the story of the last supper. Please ensure supervision of children using this site. Some Bible stories that we HAVE NOT linked to may be unsuitable for some youngsters.

External link: The last supper

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A wonderful story, very clear and bright images made of Lego, would you believe. Telling the story of The trial of Jesus. Please ensure supervision of children using this site. Some Bible stories that we HAVE NOT linked to may be unsuitable for some youngsters.

External link: The trial of Jesus

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